Expect deeply felt virtuosic playing – from driving rhythms to purring saxes.

There are few jazz groups who can claim a heritage as long as Schlippenbach Trio. Formed in 1970, they are one of the longest running jazz trios in the world. Schlippenbach Trio are: Evan Parker (saxes), “one of jazz music’s greatest living instrumentalists” (The Times), Paul Lovens (drums), who performed in an early incarnation of Kraftwerk and became part of the backbone of European Jazz, and Alexander von Schlippenbach (piano) who combines classical and jazz influences and is one of Europe’s premier jazz bandleaders.

Noszferatu are one of the most versatile new music groups in the UK; Finn Peters (saxes, flutes), winner of the Radio 1 Worldwide awards in 2009, has been profiled by Gilles Peterson and Mr Scruff. Ivo de Greef (piano) brings a love of tango to the project. Damien Harron (drums & percussion) is a prolific performer and composer.

Both trios will perform separately and combine in specially commissioned works by award winning Polish composer Hanna Kulenty, Oxfordshire–based composer Joe Cutler, and Hans Koller.

More information at www.ocmevents.org/ocm/events/doubletrio